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Diabetes in Late Life: Nadine Carter, Tamryn Gray, Alex Lee

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-@AlexSmithMD Additional Links: – Fingerstick monitoring in VA nursing homes (too common!) – Improving diabetes management in hospice – Continuous Glucose Monitoring complicating end of life care Transcript Eric: Welcome to the GeriPal podcast. What is the role of the family caregiver system, how they play a role?

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Cachexia and Anorexia in Serious Illness: A Podcast with Eduardo Bruera

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And the truth is we don’t want, I don’t want any patient or family to perceive that when Brera goes to see me, there’s a second interest, a second gain. It’s just that they look like a big bmI, but they lost 15, 2030 pounds. Alex 24:58 I’m so glad you mentioned the family. There’s something.

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Prognosis Superspecial: A Podcast with Kara Bischoff, James Deardorff, and Elizabeth Lilley

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And so we know that the decision to enter a nursing home is incredibly challenging for families, especially because it often comes with thoughts that they’re, like, abandoning their loved one, really. So it’s not just like the patient or the family, but it’s also the healthcare system. James 19:32 Yeah, exactly.

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